Communicate with Instructor or Peers
Using the Inbox in Canvas
To access the Inbox, click on the "Inbox" link in the upper right-hand menu. Your inbox will contain the messages for ALL of your Canvas courses. Below is a screenshot showing where you can locate the Inbox in Canvas (on every page of the system).
More Information:
- How do I access the Conversations Inbox? (Links to an external site.)
- How is my Conversations Inbox organized? (Links to an external site.)
- How do I find my unread messages? (Links to an external site.)
- How many messages are in this Conversation? (Links to an external site.)
- How can I tell which course this Conversation belongs to? (Links to an external site.)
- How do I privately respond to an individual in a larger Conversation? (Links to an external site.)
- How do I forward a message from this Conversation? (Links to an external site.)
- How do I delete a message from this Conversation? (Links to an external site.)
- How do I archive a Conversation? (Links to an external site.)
- How do I compose a message? (Links to an external site.)
- How do I send a private message to my instructor? (Links to an external site.)
- How do I send a private message to an individual? (Links to an external site.)
- How do I send a message to multiple individuals? (Links to an external site.)
- How do I send a message to a group? (Links to an external site.)
- How do I send a message to my class? (Links to an external site.)
- How do I delete a name from the To: field? (Links to an external site.)
- Where is my original message in this Conversation? (Links to an external site.)
- How do I attach a file to a message? (Links to an external site.)
- How do I attach a media comment to my message? (Links to an external site.)